This journey began 14 years ago with their father’s vision and a single truck, transitioning from a shopfitter to the founder of a deeply integrated family business within the Pepkor ecosystem.
In 2019, the South African Retail Clothing, Textile, Footwear, and Leather (R-CTFL) sectors embarked on a transformative journey known as the ‘Retail Master Plan’.
Technology, customer behaviour and a globally changing world that was also influenced by COVID-19, fast-tracked the roll-out of e-commerce across the Pepkor Speciality brands. Brands are supported in stores and online.
PEP initiated the flip-flop manufacturing project when it asked PepClo to extend its supplier agreement beyond school clothes and underwear to include the assembly of flip-flops. The PepClo team visited China.
A new production facility has been built to accommodate an extended production line. The 1 300 m2 premises will also house a raw material store for the assembly components.
Moving stock quickly and efficiently is of the utmost importance to our business. The Hammarsdale distribution centre (DC) has optimised the picking and packing of products across seven clothing and footwear brands.
Our intellectual property and extensive retail experience support our ability to manage each step from high-level oversight to introducing new technologies and systems; and from the